Jammu and Kashmir interlocutor Dileep Padgaonkar has said that militants in Jammu and Kashmir have expressed their willingness to present a “peace plan”.

With the Indian Army raising two new mountain divisions (about 30,000 troops) to bolster defence preparedness against China, the ministry of defence (MoD) has decided not to establish a new Corps head

Pakistani-American LeT terrorist David Headley withheld certain details of his wives and kin living in the US and Pakistan during questioning by Indian investigators.

The Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam could prove ideal for the Opposition whether Mr Ashok Chavan stays or goes as chief minister.

President Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid homage to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 26th death anniversary at her samadhi at Shakti Sthal here on Sunday.

A dozen robbers looted cash and jewellery worth several crores from a finance company office in Shalimar Garden area of Ghaziabad on Saturday. The police has detained two employees of the company on suspicion. While initially, there were claims that gold and jewellery packets worth `1 crore has gone missing, the police said that only 80 packets of gold jewellery, which were roughly valued at `16 lakhs and `6 lakhs in cash, were missing after a detailed inventory was prepared.

At least nine persons were injured and some vehicles and shops were damaged when a portion of a wall collapsed at the MCD’s under-construction Parade Ground multi-level underground parking site in Chandni Chowk on Saturday morning. The MCD blamed the leakage from a pipeline that catered to a water reservoir constructed by the fire department for the incident and has ordered an inquiry. A case of negligence against unknown persons has been registered at the Kotwali police station.

As Bihar’s NDA leaders on Saturday mocked at RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi, the couple’s cricketer son defended his mother over her controversial comments about chief minister Nitish Kumar uttered in a campaign speech. But a case was lodged against Ms Devi in a lower court.

Is Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi the next BJP chief? At least this is the opinion of a majority section within the RSS which wants Mr Modi, a Hindutva icon, to play a major role in the 2014 general elections.

Alleging that scandals are becoming a regular feature in the UPA government, the BJP on Saturday demanded resignation of Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan over his alleged involvement in the Adarsh Housing Society scam. The party demanded a comprehensive probe in the scam by a sitting Supreme Court judge and invoking Defence of India Rules.